Official Secrets Acts

Famous quotes containing the words official, secrets and/or acts:

    The honor my country shall never be stained by an apology from me for the statement of truth and the performance of duty; nor can I give any explanation of my official acts except such as is due to integrity and justice and consistent with the principles on which our institutions have been framed.
    Andrew Jackson (1767–1845)

    You know there are no secrets in America. It’s quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people.
    —W.H. (Wystan Hugh)

    There is no real teacher who in practise does not believe in the existence of the soul, or in a magic that acts on it through speech.
    Allan Bloom (1930–1992)